Matting.



N. TERASHIMA.

' MATTING.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 16, 1911.

Patented J an. 7, 1913.

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NOBORU TEIR-ASI-IIMA, 0F SHINNAKADORI, JAPAN.

MATTING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NoBoRU TERASHIMA, asubject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at No. 13 Shicho-me,Shinnakadori, W akayama-shi, Japan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Matting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new fabric for matting, in the weavingwhereof warp is properly arranged and is subjected to the sheddingsavailable for the production of double ply cloth, and as the weft, acertain fibrous substance is woven into its face in a continuous state,and certain piece materials are woven into'the back thereof separatelyor in a continuous length.

The invention has in view the weaving of a sort of fabric, which forms acloth on its face, while forming a mat on its back.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows its plan; Fig. 2 its crosssection; Fig. 3 its vertical section; Fig, 4c the plan of amodification; Fig. 5 the cross section of the modification; Fig. 6 thevertical section of the modification; Figs. 7 and 8 the cross section ofthe fabric, in which the wefts used are of coarser and cheaper fibersthan those shown in Fig. l to Fig. 6.

In the drawing, the same letters refer to the same or equivalent parts.

In the formation of the present fabric, the warp is properly arranged,and is subjected to the sheddings available for the production of doubleply cloth as aforementioned, and certain soft fibrous substance such ascotton, hemp, woolen and silken yarns, and certain coarse piecematerials such as rushes, straws, sedges, blades or stems of grass, orpalm, bamboo strips and wood shavings, are respectively woven into theface and back of the fabric as the weft, the former in a continuouslength and the latter in separate pieces or in a continuous length asmentioned above so that the fabric is composed of weft fibers (B)closely and uniformly woven on its face to form a cloth, while it iscomposed of pieces (G) of piece materials on its back to form a mat asstated hereinbefore.

By certain piece material for the weft, I mean, firstly, a singleseparate piece of rushes, straws, sedges and the like, or of blades orstems of every proper species of grass, or of palm, bamboo strips, woodshavings and the like (as shown in Fig. 7), and secondly, a bundle of afew Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Patented J an. 7,1913.

Serial No. 666,304.

pieces of one species or several different species of these piecematerials spirally wound up by thread (as shown in Fig. 8), and thirdly,a twist of two or more strings, each string being also a twist ofseveral pieces of one species or several different species of thesepiece materials as shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.

hen a single separate piece of piece materials as shown in Fig. 7 isused in forming the back of the present fabric, it is preferable toweave between each piece weft, such fibrous weft D as cotton, hemp andwoolen yarns as shown in Figs. t to 6; then owing to the friction, whichsuch fibrous weft gives, said piece weft is prevented from slippingaside from its position, and also in this case, the warp (A) and thefibrous weft (D) form the cloth in the selvage parts (X) of the fabric,so that each selvage may be doubled up, and be hemmed together, thus thefabric being conveniently bordered.

In the present invention, as the face of the fabric forms a cloth, whilethe back thereof forms a mat as stated above, an elastic sort of mattingis produced, and besides the fabric being of good appearance, it may,also, be woven at a very cheap cost.

In the claims the word rushes is intended to include and be theequivalent of the materials referred to in the specification as certaincoarse piece materials such as rushes, straws, sedges, blades or stemsof grass, or palm, bamboo strips and wood shavings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A fabric for matting and the like,comprising a ply of soft wefts woven into a fabric and a ply of wefts ofrushes united thereto by a binding warp.

2. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a surface ply of softwefts woven into a fabric, and a bottom ply of wefts of rushes united tothe surface ply by an interwoven binding warp.

3. A fabric for matting and the like, com prising a ply of soft weftswoven into a fabric by warps, a ply of wefts of rushes united thereto byindependent binding warps.

4. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a ply of soft weftswoven into a fabric by warps, a ply of wefts of rushes united thereto byindependent binding warps, the

strands of the rushes separated from each other by a strand of softWeft, said strands of soft Wefts united to the soft weft fabric byauxiliary binding warps.

5. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a surface ply of softwefts and Woven warps into fabric, a bottom ply of alternate soft Weftsand rushes each united to the soft weft fabric by separate warps,

the soft wefts in the bottom ply lying Within 10 the fabric and belowthe outer surface of the rushes.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NOBORU TERASHIMA.

Witnesses J. K. CALDWELL, ULAOHI TSHIRVARA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

